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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Last weekend I went through my to-mend pile and did some sewing and stuff.....

1 First up was my striped skirt from this post. A few of you asked how my skirt was longer than the one on the Forever 21 website. The skirt comes with a fold-over waist band but I didn't fold mine so it would be longer on me. However, the size I usually get was still too short on me so I got the largest size they had and took the sides in. But then it makes that pucker in the front and a little in the back so I took it in again and now it's the perfect bodycon skirt! And only cost me $7 and a couple of hours!

Pinning the sides...

Finished!

2 After wearing these Gap gray shorts the other day, I had to fix them up! They were a bit too baggy for me on the bottom when I rolled them up so I did a simple little sewing trick... I just overlapped an inch from the outside and tacked that sucker down. Now I can roll it without the extra bagginess. As you can see compared to the first picture, it looks a lot slimmer at the bottom...and no more peek-a-boo Gs!

3 I thrifted these yellow jeans a couple of weeks ago and they were way too long (or I am too short) and more of a straight-leg than skinny jeans. So I hemmed them and took the sides in around my ankles.

I first turned the jeans inside out and traced the outline of my other skinny jeans with some left over at the bottom to hem. Sewed along that line. Cut off any excess fabric. Hemmed the bottoms and done!

I can't wait to bust these babies out this summer!!! My first pair of colored jeans! I'm so cool now.

You make that striped skirt look great! Love that you took it in! I need to learn how to do that kind of stuff...Oh, and those yellow jeans are perfect! I've just started checking out thrift stores and I'm so surprised by the great finds!

Great job! Although I don't think I'd wear the striped skirt tucked in, it's a tad bit tight (I don't mean that mean! Please don't take it that way!) I just felt like I needed to say that. I still love your blog!Natasha www.natashaatkerson.blogspot.com

Haha I definitely did the same thing with flare cordorouys (spelling??) that were just not working out...now they're skinny cords and I actually like them :)Great work!~Saraithe-puddle-jumpers.blogspot.com

you should totally do a tutorial on how to hem jeans like you did the skinny yellow ones, i've been dying to do that to a couple jeans i find wicked cheap at the consignment store but never have the guts to do it myself! i do shirts all the time, but jeans are so daring for me. as always your AWESOME!

Those yellow jeans are too adorable. I wish I could sew! I have some perfect grey jeans that stick out all funnily in the knees and I feel bad constantly taking my grandma piles of things to fix for me!-Meaganhttp://spunkychateau.blogspot.com

I love the brightly coloured jeans on you & clever with altering the skirt ! I wish I was better with my hands. Love your apartment by the way, the wooden floors against the white light & walls ^^ Very nice.

I seriously need to get myself a sewing machine. This point was driven home yesterday when I spent 45 minutes hand sewing up a little sun glasses pouch for a friend of mine. It would have taken like, 5 minutes TOPS had I had a sewing machine. Those yellow skinnies are awesome too, almost makes me wish I had the guts to wear pants hah.

I am impressed and jealous! I so wanna learn to sew!!! The idea of tailoring jeans to make them skinny for you...brilliant! They would fit just me and no more hard searching for skinnies that someone else says these are supposed to fit me. ahhh, one day

You are so cool! lol I've been looking for bright color jeans but I'm just so picky about the fit. I wish I could sew, it would make everything so much better. Plus my wallet would be a bit fuller. Just a bit though. Great post!